Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Book Giveaway - Strange Brew - Anthology

We have a new release day giveaway for a copy of the anthology Strange Brew! A big thank you goes to the St. Martin’s Press publicist who is kindly sharing a copy of this book.

About the Book:Today’s hottest urban fantasy authors come together in this delicious brew that crackles and boils over with tales of powerful witches and dark magic!

In Charlaine Harris’ “Bacon,” a beautiful vampire joins forces with a witch from an ancient line to find out who killed her beloved husband. In “Seeing Eye” by Patricia Briggs, a blind witch helps sexy werewolf Tom Franklin find his missing brother—and helps him in more ways than either of them ever suspected. And in Jim Butcher’s “Last Call,” wizard Harry Dresden takes on the darkest of dark powers—the ones who dare to mess with this favorite beer.

For anyone who’s ever wondered what lies beyond the limits of reality, who’s imagined the secret spaces where witches wield fearsome magic, come and drink deep. Let yourself fall under the spell of this bewitching collection!

About the Giveaway:Release day for Strange Brew is July 7, 2009 and you have until early that morning to leave a comment on this post to enter. This giveaway is open to US addresses only.

There are 9 stories in this anthology by a very talented group of authors in Urban Fantasy. I’d love to hear which author’s story you’re most excited to read.

Hi Kimberly, great give away. Believe it or not, Patricia Briggs is the only author listed in the anthology I've read...yeah I know, last person on the planet who hasn't read Jim Butcher!! Looking forward to your review on Winter Duty - thinking of starting this series.

Patricia Briggs, Karen Chance, Charlaine Harris, and Caitlin Kittredge are who I'm looking forward to the most. But I love anthologies because they are the best (and cheapest) way to discover new authors .

Since the first author that I started reading from the selected authors was Charlaine Harris. I have to say I most anxiously awaiting her story. Although I do love several more of the other authors, and a few that I only read from other short story novellas are really good too.

Hi Kimberly! I have read several things written by all of these authors and they are all a fantastic read. I think though, the stories I am most looking forward to reading, are by Karen Chance, and Caitlin Kittredge. I truely love both of these authors. I do have to say though, I think that I would buy this book just for the cover alone. Awesome!

Oh my goodness! So many of my favorite authors in one book...how to choose which to read first? Love Patricia Briggs, Jim Butcher, Rachel Caine, Karen Chance, and Caitlin Kittredge. Will probably have to flip a coin. :)

I have to pick one author!? Are you crazy woman? How is that even possible. Anything by Briggs, Chance & Harris is going to be awesome. I haven't read Kittredge, Hunter or Maclaine before, so this is a great chance to do it. Caine and Elrod, I'm lukewarm about.

So I have to chose one....let's go with Maclaine. Her Wages of Sin has been sitting in my TBR stack for awhile now. Maybe after reading her short in Strange Brew, it'll fight its way to the top of my "need to read next" list.

Hi Kimberley.That's difficult. I'm a real fan of Patricia Briggs and Rachel Caine. But who knows? Maybe there's a beautiful story by an author that I don't know yet.I'm really looking forward to find out :)!

Let's see... Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher and all the other wonderful authors. I love anthologies because they allow me to read stories from many talented writers and then read full novels from them all.

I'm excited to see a short by Rachel Caine - one of my favorite authors who sadly, doesn't seem to be read as much as Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs, Kim Harrison or Kelley Armstrong (although I enjoy them all).

I can't just pick one author's story in Strange Brew that I'm most wanting to read because there are a lot of great authors who have stories in it. So I will list a few of them that I am most interested in reading and they are. Charlaine Harris, Rachel Caine, Karen Chance, and Caitlin Kittredge.

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